Privacy
MembersThe Billion Dollar Business Of Breaking Into Your Pocket
A leaked dashboard screenshot reveals how commercial spyware silently installs via zero-click exploits to read encrypted messages and activate microphones.
Senators Talk Digital Freedom for Iran While Expanding Surveillance at Home
Their voting records read like blueprints for the same surveillance state they’re asking taxpayers to help Iranians escape.
Spanish Court Orders NordVPN and Proton VPN to Block Piracy Streams
The same blocking system that once took down Amazon, GitHub, and Cloudflare is now targeting the tools Spaniards used to get back online.
Macron Calls Online Free Speech Argument “Pure Bullshit”
The pro-censorship French president is now the most eloquent voice in the West for the idea that free speech, unregulated, is a problem to be solved.
UK Government Plans to Use Delegated Powers to Undermine Encryption and Expand Online Surveillance
Delegated powers mean the specific rules (what gets scanned, what gets flagged) get written by a minister, not Parliament.
Arizona Bill Would Require ID Checks to Use a Weather App
The bill would require parental permission or ID checks to open the calculator app that came with your phone.
Keir Starmer Considers VPN ID Checks as UK Expands Online Safety Act Powers
Britain may soon require ID to access the very tool designed to protect you from ID tracking.
MembersThe Best Discord Alternatives to Reclaim Control
Our list favors projects that hand you the keys to the infrastructure rather than another polished cage with different branding.
Germany’s CDU Pushes Real-Name Social Media Mandate and ID Checks
The party could ask Germans to show their papers before they can post a tweet.
Meta Considers Timed Face Recognition Launch to Exploit Distracted Society
Meta’s own document treats the civil liberties backlash not as a reason to reconsider, but as a calendar event to schedule around.
Australian States Expand Facial Recognition and Biometric Digital ID Systems
The framing obscures the architecture underneath: a permanent biometric database that expands with every new service it touches.
Ring Cancels Flock Safety Integration After Public Backlash
The cancellation is real, but the infrastructure that made the partnership feel plausible in the first place is still very much running.